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CHANGES IN THE CHAMPIONS

The UEFA makes a change in the regulation of the Champions League

Published:14/04/2021 - 23:01h

Updated:14/04/2021 - 23:01h

The authorities commissioned of the maximum competition between the main clubs of Europe will apply some changes in the regulation that govern the League of Champions

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The authorities of the UEFA could modify, for the next edition of the League of Champions, the rule of the double value of the goals achieved out of house in case that two teams remain empatados in the eliminatory. This does reference to the goals achieved to domicile in an eliminatory which no longer will cost the double in the case that they are annotated during an extention.

Like this it has revealed it the half English The Sun, which affirms that it is very likely that the measure in question was approved by the directors of the mentioned entity this Friday. It expects that it do the announcement during the meeting of the committee of competitions of the UEFA pautada for this day.

The current regulation, in the rounds of eliminatory, establishes that, in case that the global result to the term of the two parties out of tie, classified that team that had obtained more goals out of house. And to keep the marker equalised, proceeded to contest the extention of the party, in which the goals of the instrument visitor followed having a double value.

Now, with this new measure, the system would contemplate that the goals attained in the extention would have the same value, like this annotated them the combined local or the visitor. Of this way, if in an extra time both teams attained the same number of goals would proceed to a round of penaltis to elucidate the winner of the eliminatory.

"Superchampions" In sight

In spite of that said measure is a small change in the regulation, only is question of time so that the referred European tournament of clubs suffer a radical change once approve the new "Superchampions". The new format that would have the Champions League for the 2024 still is in process.

According to the last informations, the decision that went to take to starts of this month was postponed for 19 April. The reason for said change, is that they still have not agreed how will be the sale of the commercial rights and of transmission with the new format that will adopt the UEFA Champions League.

The plans regarding the new format go through an enlargement of 32 to 36 teams in the phase of groups of the referred competition. In place of eight groups with six days, there would be six groups with a total of 10 days. Later, they will happen to a round of conjoint classification of the 36 participants.

Restructuring of local tournaments

To apply said change, is very likely that the local tournaments of each country suffer a modification, reason by which no many are in favour that it approve the new Champions. In fact, the president of LaLiga, Javier Thebes, has not had funnels when criticising said project.

"The Superchampions that poses the coalition ECA-UEFA aims to conspiracy. They are building a competition that to half long term will be an authentic failure and that aims directly to the heart of the national competitions. That anybody deceive , is a coalition divided between rich and poor in which only 32 of them will have a pass VIP", alerted Thebes in 2019.

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